- Our own Chad Aldis is among the list of Ohio officials and experts (by process of elimination, Chad must be one of the latter) deploring the uncertain future for education in Ohio in the wake of the presidential election. Rhetorical question: does anyone think the future of education in Ohio would have been certain if the election had turned out differently? For a possible non-rhetorical answer, read on. (WCPO-TV, Cincinnati, 11/20/16)
- It seems that several Youngstown-area school district officials were unable to make it to last week’s rally of superintendents in Columbus. But they took time to chat with the Vindy about their concurrence with the notion that Ohio’s new graduation requirements are too demanding of students even before they’ve been phased in. (Youngstown Vindicator, 11/21/16) Editors on Akron weighed in this weekend on the supes’ concerns/demands, somewhat unhelpfully seeing both sides of the issue. (Akron Beacon Journal, 11/18/16)
- I know, I know. He’s NOT back. But Doug Livingston is still digging into charter school contract disputes in Northeast Ohio with his usual verve, even if he’s not back. (Akron Beacon Journal, 11/18/16)
- Back in the real world, here’s a nice piece from the superintendent of Rocky River schools near Cleveland which is getting some national play. The district was looking for a new method of interviewing/hiring teachers and after much research, selected two approaches – Haberman Star Teacher Selection and Gallup TeacherInsight – which the supe says are “fair, consistent and result[ed] in the selection of high-quality teachers”. Sounds good to me! (Education Post, 11/18/16)
